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James W. Silver Collection

MUM00410

Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
Title
James W. Silver Collection
ID
MUM00410
Date [inclusive]
1928-1986
Extent
54.0 boxes 54 boxes (F-8 thru F-9)
General Physical Description note
50 boxes (approximately 25 linear feet)
Location:
General Special Collections
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, audio, and printed material produced and collected by James Wesley Silver. Silver was a professor of history at The University of Mississippi from 1936 to 1964 and author of Mississippi: The Closed Society.

Preferred Citation

James W. Silver Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Note

James Wesley Silver was born on June 28, 1907, in Rochester, New York, and his family moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina, when he was twelve years old. He studied at the University of North Carolina, Peabody College, and Vanderbilt University, where he earned his doctorate. He began teaching at The University of Mississippi in 1936 and served as chairman of the department of history from 1946 to 1957.

He is the author of many books, including Edmund Pendleton Gaines: Frontier General (1949), A Life for the Confederacy (1959), A Surgeon's Recollections (1960), Mississippi in the Confederacy (1961), and Confederate Morale and Church Propaganda (1967). His most well-known book, however, is the bestselling Mississippi: The Closed Society, published in 1964. In this work, Silver critiqued Mississippi's racial policies and described it as closed to freedom of inquiry. He called Mississippi's failure to accept the "inevitability of change" a "social felony" and compared contemporary attitudes in the state to those of the Civil War period. When Mississippi: The Closed Society was released, Silver cited James Meredith, the first African American student at The University of Mississippi, author William Faulkner, and civil rights leader Aaron Henry as significant influences on his ideas about Mississippi. In 1962, Silver had served as a friend and advisor to Meredith when he enrolled at the University amidst great controversy.

Silver first publicly presented this material in a presidential address before the Southern Historical Association on November 7, 1963. His speech touched off a storm of both praise and criticism around the country, particularly in Mississippi. The Mississippi legislature, as well as some members of the University's Board of Trustees, explored the possibility of dismissing Silver. After twenty-eight years on the faculty, however, Silver's position was secure, and a violation of his tenure rights could have jeopardized the University's accreditation status.

Although Silver initially hoped to outlast the controversy caused by his book, he took a leave of absence from The University of Mississippi in 1964 to teach at the University of Notre Dame. He eventually accepted a regular teaching position there, and later taught at the University of South Florida.

Silver passed away on July 25, 1988, in Tampa, Florida.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of two series pertaining to James Silver, acquired in two accessions.

Series 1 consists of 5 boxes containing correspondence, writings, research materials, pamphlets, speeches, and newspaper clippings documenting Silver's academic career and events at The University of Mississippi from 1949 to 1965, with the bulk of material documenting the period from 1959 to 1965.

Box 1 contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and printed material collected by Silver pertaining to race relations and civil rights organizations from 1959 to 1965, arranged chronologically. The majority of items document the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project, with a concentration on the Medical Committee for Human Rights, the Council of Federated Organizations, the White Community Project, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Citizens' Council. Box 1 also contains Silver's articles entitled "Report from Britain."

Boxes 2 through 4 house cards with Silver's notes on the lumber industry and other topics. Box 5 contains unprocessed academic and research material, including information on the lumber industry and three pieces of correspondence with Aaron Henry and Hodding Carter.

Series 2 consists of 50 boxes containing correspondence, writings, publications, research notes, legal documents, speeches, personal papers, printed material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audio recordings from 1935 to 1986. The collection documents a range of topics, including the integration of The University of Mississippi, positive and negative reactions to Mississippi: The Closed Society, and Silver's numerous research projects, speaking engagements, and teaching assignments. The material is roughly grouped into the following categories:

Collected Material -- Race Relations

Box 1 covers Cupit v. Roberts and  Stacy v. Williams, two 1969 U.S. district court cases challenging regulations at several Mississippi state colleges and universities barring outside speakers deemed subversive to the academic community. The cases were initiated by two chapters of the Young Democratic Club after Aaron Henry and Charles Evers were prevented from speaking to these groups.

Box 2 contains newspaper clippings on Silver, his books, and other areas of personal interest. It also includes transcripts and articles relating to the integration of The University of Mississippi.

Box 3 consists of articles, ephemera, and printed material on race relations in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as and photocopies of derogatory letters received by Silver in response to his support for civil rights.

Box 4 contains additional newspaper clippings and printed material on race relations. It also includes Silver's academic correspondence with the University of South Florida.

Box 5 consists largely of reviews, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to Mississippi: The Closed Society, as well as other academic materials.

General Correspondence

Boxes 6 through 14 contain Silver's general correspondence from 1935 to 1986. The correspondence is organized chronologically, with letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent within each time period. Correspondents include Reubin Askew, John Brademas, L. D. Brodsky, Will D. Campbell, Hodding Carter, Thad Cochran, Carvel Collins, Patricia Romero Curtain, Justice Felix Frankfurter, Senator J. W. Fulbright, Albert Gore, Billy Graham, Aaron Henry, Robert F. Kennedy, Estes Kefauver, George F. Kennon, Alfred Knopf, Malcolm X, Benjamin Mays, James H. Meredith, John Salter, Arthur Schlesinger, Eric Sevareid, Frank Smith, Howard K. Smith, Adlai Stevenson, Anne Stokes, Harry Truman, Hugh White, and William Winter.

Academic and Personal Papers

Boxes 15 through17 contain Silver's research materials on William Faulkner and files related to his participation in many different historical associations and conferences from 1949 to 1972.

Boxes 18 and 19 consist of correspondence, bibliographies, and newspaper clippings about Silver's speaking and lecture engagements as well as other academic affairs from 1945 to 1979. Of particular interest are items pertaining to Silver's delivery of "Mississippi: The Closed Society" at the Southern Historical Association meeting in November 1963. Boxes 35 and 36 contain additional correspondence in reaction to Silver's SHA address, including letters from Aaron Henry, Frank Smith, Harrison Salisbury, and Arthur Palmer.

Boxes 20 through 22 contain a variety of personal and academic documents. These include materials relating to Silver's summer and visiting teaching positions, speaking engagements, term papers he wrote as a student, and departmental memoranda from The University of Mississippi. Also contained in these boxes are additional items documenting integration and race relations at The University of Mississippi.

Box 23 contains correspondence related to Silver's academic affairs, including correspondence with J. P. Coleman and David Cohn, as well as assorted conference materials.

Writings and Research

Box 24 through 27 consist of articles, reviews, and letters to the editor written by Silver and other authors with related academic correspondence.

Box 28 contains research material on Mississippi and civil rights, including documents relating to Silver's interview with Harry S. Truman.

Boxes 29 and 30 contain Silver's manuscript and related items for a proposed collection of documents on Mississippi v. U.S, the case that allowed James Meredith to enroll at The University of Mississippi. A transcript and cassette tape of Silver's interview with Meredith on November 12, 1962, is included in Box 29.

Boxes 31 through 34 and Box 37 contain manuscripts of Silver's writings, Mississippi: The Closed Society and Running Scared, as well as notes and personal papers.

Assorted Printed, Visual, and Audio Material

Boxes 38, 40, 41, 43, and 44 through 48 contain various journals, reprints, newspapers, notecards, class roll books, and other printed material. Box 39 contains photographs.

Box 42 contains posters and encapsulated material, including correspondence from Aaron Henry, Frank Smith, Alfred A. Knopf, Arthur Schlesinger, Brooks Hays, Carolyn Goodman, and James Jones.

Boxes 48 and Box 50 contain miscellaneous printed and visual materials, including photographs, journals, student papers, note cards, posters, newspapers, programs, and maps.

Box 49 contains reel to reel audio recordings, including many of Silver's speaking engagements and his speech at the Southern Historical Association in 1963.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series, and by subject within each series.

  1. Series 1
  1. Series 2

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 

Revision Description

 Revision by Susan Ivey. 8/2014

Access Restrictions

The James W. Silver Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Donated to The University of Mississippi in two deposits, circa 1976 and 1987

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. The Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the digital encoding of this finding aid through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries. Encoded by ByteManagers, November 2005. EAD-encoded finding aid revised by Kathryn Michaelis, February 2012.

Alternative Formats

A large portion of this collection has been digitized and made available as a digital collection.

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

A large portion of this collection has been digitized and made available as a digital collection.

Russell H. Barrett Collection (MUM00024), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

James Howard Meredith Collection (MUM00293), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • University of Mississippi

Format(s)

  • articles
  • audiotapes
  • clippings (information artifacts)
  • correspondence
  • photographs

Geographic Name(s)

  • Mississippi -- Politics and government
  • Mississippi -- Race relations
  • Mississippi -- Social conditions

Personal Name(s)

  • Meredith, James, 1933-
  • Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-

Subject(s)

  • Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History -- 20th century
  • College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
  • Segregation

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Technical Requirements

The audio recordings in this collection exist on reel-to-reel tape. Access to audio reels is unavailable until digital copies can be made.

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Collection Inventory

Series 1 

1959-1963 

Box 1 

Folder 1 

Speech - "Barnett In Kalamazoo." 24 September 1963 

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A typed transcript of the speech and answers to questions by Governor Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi at Western Michigan University.

"Racial Friction In The Deep South." 

Scope and Contents note

By the Department of Psychology, The University of Mississippi. John B. Wolfe and Paul Horn.

"Wages paid for cotton chopping in 15 Mississippi counties." 1-10 June 1959 

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Printed and typewritten material

Booklet - "Constitution," Mississippi Council on Human Relations in Jackson, Mississippi. 

Pamphlet - "Beauty For Ashes," Committee of Concern, Jackson, Mississippi. 

"A Deltan's Answer To The 'Delta Ministry'," by James Hand, Jr. 

Scope and Contents note

A reprint from The Deer Creek Pilot of Rolling Fork, Mississippi

Advertisement - "An Important Message to All Mississippians! Support Your Public Schools." 

Article - "Coleman Urges Mississippians To Speak Out Against Crime, Evil," by Norma Fields. Tupelo Daily Journal. Undated 

Scope and Contents note

Xerox copy

Article - "The Civil Rights Bill In Sunflower County," Council of Federated Organizations. 

"Security Handbook," Developed by COFO; used by N.C.C. in Mississippi, Presidents' Lawyers' Committee, and our Medical Committee. 

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Xerox copy. 3 pages.

Form letter - Medical Committee For Human Rights (Mississippi Project 1964) signed Elliot Hurwitt, M.D. 

Xerox copy of memo - Medical Committee for Human Rights, addressed "To All COFO Personnel". 

Form letter - Medical Committee For Human Rights (Mississippi Project 1964) signed by H. Jack Geigher, M.D. 

Scope and Contents note

Xerox copy

Letter - Claire Bradley to Donald A. Cornely, M.D. Jackson, Mississippi, Medical Committee for Human Rights. 23 October 1964 

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Xerox copy

Article - "The Medical Committee for Human Rights, Mississippi Project," by Leslie A. Falk, M.D., Ph.D. 

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Xerox copy

Copy of Announcement from Medical Committee for Human Rights. 10 August 1964 

Women In Mississippi, preliminary report prepared by Elizabeth B. Barnes and Frances M. Tenenbaum.  1964 

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Marked Confidential, Not for Distribution

"The McComb, Mississippi Story," as reflected in a series of 1964 editorials published in the Enterprise Journal, McComb, Mississippi, Number 1. 

"The McComb, Mississippi Story," Number 2. 

"Mississippi Eyewitness: the three civil rights workers—how they were murdered," the exclusive story by Ramparts Magazine.  1964 

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Articles by Louis E. Lomax and John Howard Griffin and an interview with Dick Gregory

Box 26 

Folder 1 

Dictionary of American History, correspondence, and contributions. 

Folder 2 

Articles/correspondence re: Edmund Pendleton Gaines. 1940s 

Folder 3 

Correspondence/articles on Phillip Kearny. 1930s 

Folder 4 

"The Problem of Public Morale in the Southern Confederacy", Chas. W. Ramsdell. 

Folder 5 

"The Confederate Soldier", related correspondence. 

Scope and Content

Xerography.

Folder 6 

"The Confederate Soldier", introduction and chapter outlines 

Folder 7 

Civil War letters (7). 

Folder 8 

Correspondence re: Mississippi in the Confederacy. 

Folder 9 

Mississippi in the Confederacy - clippings, correspondence. 

Folder 10 

Mississippi in the Confederacy, misc. correspondence including David Cohn. 

Folder 11 

Mississippi in the Confederacy, pre-publication correspondence, agreement. 

Folder 12 

Correspondence, clippings related to A Life for the Confederacy. 

Folder 13 

Correspondence regarding Silver's British news column. 1950 

Folder 14 

Brockway diary, TM, galley pages by Silver. 

Scope and Content

Xerography of Brockway unedited diary.

Folder 15 

Correspondence related to Brockway diary. 

Pamphlets, Articles, Letters, 1964 

Box 1 

Folder 2 

"Report To The Members of the Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law." Harrison Tweed and Bernard G. Segal, Co-Chairmen. March 1964 

Leaflet - The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 4 "USA: The Potential Of A Minority Revolution." May-June 1964 

"Hearing Before a Select Panel on Mississippi and Civil Rights," Extension of Remarks of Hon. Phillip Burton of California in the House of Representatives, Congressional Record-Appendix. 15 June 1964 

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Pp. A3228-A3231

Temporary Restraining Order, United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division, Civil Action Number 3583 (J) (M). Cleveland Donald, Jr. 10 June 1964 

Scope and Content

By his Father and Next Friend—Plaintiff v. Thomas Jefferson Tubb, Chairman, et al—Defendants.

"Chronological Events," by Albert Heffner. 2 July-3 August 1964 

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Daily account of events

Untitled article (makes 24 points) re: civil rights organizations in Mississippi. 

James B. Guinan, Mississippi Summer Project - White Community Project - Form letter - Biloxi. 12 July 1964 

"Mississippi Summer Project: Running Summary of Incidents." 16 June-26 August [1964] 

James B. Guinan, Mississippi Summer Project - White Community Project - Form Letter - Biloxi, Mississippi. 24 July 1964 

Letter - Frank E. Smith to Hodding Carter - Knoxville, Tennessee. 24 July 1964 

Letter - Charles R. Jacobs to Leon F. Wilkens - Brookhaven, Mississippi. 24 July 1964 

Letter - Charles R. Jacobs to Leon F. Wilkens - Brookhaven, Mississippi. 18 August 1964 

Bibliography - "Selected References on Mississippi, Summer 1964 through the present time." 

Memorandum - Henry Aronson to COFO Staff. August 1964 

Reprint - "Mississippi: From Conversion to Coercion," by Christopher Jencks. The New Republic. 22 August 1964 

Aspect, Bulletin, Vol, II, No. 3 October 1964 

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A project of the Information and Education Committee—Jackson Citizens' Council

"Mississippi Yells About U.S. Spending but Couldn't Do Without It," by Ralph McGill, The Boston Globe. 17 September 1964 

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Two photos accompany article, p.21.

"Editor Is Firmly Holding Line Inside Circle Of Controversy," by Bill Street, The Commercial Appeal.  20 October 1964 

"Terror In Mississippi," by Uncle Dudley, The Boston Globe. 7 October 1964 

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P. 34

"Draft Report on the Mississippi Summer Project," Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law. 20 October 1964 

"All You Have To Do Is Lie," by John Beecher. 24 October 1964 

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Article from unidentified publication

"Standby In Mississippi" 

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4 pages of pictures

Newsletter, No. 2, Medical Committee For Human Rights. November 1964 

Newsletter, No. 1, Medical Committee For Human Rights. October 1964 

William P. Davis (letter) to Dr. James Silver-Jackson, Mississippi. 24 November 1964 

Letter-William P. Davis to The Faculties and Student Body of the Theological Seminaries and Bible Colleges of America - Jackson, Mississippi. 23 November 1964 

Letter-Dwyn M. Mounger to Rev. Dr. William P. Davis-Princeton, New Jersey. 17 November 1964 

Letter - Dwyn M. Mounger to Rev. Dr. William P. Davis - Princeton, New Jersey. 22 November 1964 

United States Government Memorandum, Staff to General Counsel; Subject: Mississippi Hearing-Pike County (McComb). 19 November 1964 

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Xerox copy. 32 pp.

"Mississippi Must Choose," by James W. Silver, The New York Times Magazine.  19 July 1964 

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Pp. 8, 54-55

Open letter from "Gail," to "Dear Friends," Meridian City Jail - "White Women Only." 30 November 1964 

Unaddressed letter from Gail - Meridian, Mississippi. 28 November 1964 

The Southern Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Jackson, Mississippi. 1 October 1964 

The Southern Review, Vol. I, No. 2, Jackson, Mississippi. 1 October 1964 

"Cryer," Coahoma County Branch NAACP.  5 December 1964 

"Their Text Is A Civil Rights Primer," by Pat Walters, The New York Times Magazine. 20 December 1964 

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Pp. 10-11, 40-43

"Cryer," Coahoma County Branch NAACP. 21 December 1964 

"A Bowl of Gumbo For Curtis Bryant," by Paul Good, The Reporter. 31 December 1964 

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Pp. 19-22

Letter-Leslie A. Falk, M.D. to Professor James Silver-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 22 December 1964 

"A Stranger In Philadelphia, Mississippi," by Joseph Lelyveld, The New York Times Magazine. 27 December 1964 

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Pp. 5, 36-38

Letters, Articles, Bulletins, Pamphlets, Etc. 

Box 1 

Folder 3 

"Cryer," Coahoma County Branch NAACP.  8 January 1965 

"Mississippi," Ave Maria (National Catholic Weekly). 16 January 1965 

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Pp. cover, 3-6

"Mississippi Report: Notebook On Out Own Congo," by William J. Jacobs, Ave Maria. 

Scope and Contents note

Pp. 5-8

"Mississippi Report: More Notebook On Out Own Congo," by William J. Jacobs, Ave Maria. 30 January 1965 

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Pp. 5-10

"Mississippi Report: The Hole in The Window Shade," by Rev. Malcolm, Boyd, Ave Maria. February 6, 1965 

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Pp. 6-7, p. 28

"The State That Is," Speech of William Winter to Vicksburg Jaycees DSA Banquet. 18 January 1965 

"This Is Mississippi-State Help Sought To Stop Hate Publication In Leflore," Commercial Appeal. 7 February 1965 

Scope and Contents note

Xerox copy

"A Delta Discussion - Issue III Of A Series," "By A Local Civic Group." 

"Don't You Remember, Father?" By Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Ave Maria. 13 February 1965 

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Pp. 14-15

"I Was A White Man For the NAACP," by William J. Jacobs, Ave Maria. 20 February 1965 

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Pp. 6-7, 30

"Survival Of A Negro Leader," by Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Ave Maria. 27 February 1965 

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Pp. 10-11

Article - "New Federal Programs in the South," Southern Regional Council. 11 March 1965 

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Seven pages

"Inside A Mississippi Freedom House," by Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Ave Maria. 13 March 1965 

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Pp. 20-21, 3-

"Mississippi Slowly Walks Rough Path Of Change," by Jules Loh, Commercial Appeal. 4 April 1965 

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Reprint

"A Mississippi Minister Defends Segregation," Saturday Evening Post, Subtitle: "Speaking Out: Integration Could Destroy Rural Mississippi," by Dr. Clayton Sullivan. 10 April 1965 

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Pp. 10, 15

Medical Committee For Human Rights - First National Conference - Howard University College of Medicine. 23-25 April 1965 

Susie Goodwillie to Professor James Silver - New York. 20 April 1965 

"The Liberals' Big Stick: Ready For Snick?" by Jack Newfield, Cavalier. June [?] 

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Pp. 33-34, 88. Reprint-back of second page has a "Summary of Incidents."

Medical Committee For Human Rights 

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Pages from an unnamed publication. Pp. 3-4

"Cryer," Coahoma County Branch NAACP.  31 May 1965 

Leslie A. Falk, M.D. to Professor James Silver - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  6 August 1965 

Booklet - "Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, Statement of Purpose and Activities," Harrison Tweed, Bernard G. Segal, Co-Chairmen. 1 June 1965 

"Orientation Program For Health Professions Students Prior to Mississippi Summer," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 27 June-3 July 1965 

"Manual for Southern Medical Projects Presence," Medical Committee For Human Rights. 

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Nine printed pages

"Newsletter," Medical Committee For Human Rights, No. 5. May 1965 

"Dixie Health Probe Launched From Pitt," by George Thomas, The Pittsburgh Press.  4 July 1965 

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P. 4, Sect. 1. Xerox copy.

"Nurse Tells Harrowing Tale of Mississippi Brutality, 'Justice'," by Woody L. Taylor, The Pittsburgh Courier. 10 July 1965 

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Two Xerox copies

"Mississippi Bound," two photographs, The Pittsburgh Courier. 10 July 1965 

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Xerox copy

The Southern Courier, Vol. 1, No. 1. 16 July 1965 

"Head Starts in Mississippi," by Donald W. Robinson, Phi Delta Kappan. October 1965 

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Pp. 91-95. Photocopy

Report on Visit to Southern District Assignment Areas-Hattiesburg, Laurel, Gulfport, and Moss Point. 17 July - 18 July 1965 

Gilbert T. Venable - open letter distributed by Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. 18 July 1965 

"Student Starts A Paper In South," The New York Times. 25 July 1965 

Scope and Contents note

Xerox copy

Collection of statements by Black children concerning their "dreams" for the future. 20 December 1964-1 January 1965 

The Citizen. July-August 1965 

"Bootlegging In Mississippi Is Complex Business Today," The Commercial Appeal. 14 August 1965 

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Page 4

A.E. "Gene" Cox to Dr. James W. Silver - Memphis, Tennessee. 21 September 1965 

"A Report On The Delta Farm Strike," by Claude Ramsay, President - Mississippi AFL-CIO. 16 August 1965 

 21 April 1961 

Reprint - "Here's Johnston Reply To Council Criticism," Scott County Times, by Erle Johnston, Jr. 14 June 1962 

"Johnston Keeps Job Despite CC Blasts," by The Associated Press, Clarion-Ledger. 20 July 1962 

"'Practical Segregation' Urged in Mississippi," by Lewis Lord. 1 June 1962 

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Reprint from newspaper

"Citizens Council Given Donation." 14 February 1962 

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No newspaper - reprint

"Patterson Recommends Payments Be Stopped," by Bob Pittman, Jackson Daily News. 25 April 1961 

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Reprint

"Sovereignty Group Winning Over Forum," by Kenneth Toles. 19 October 1962 

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No newspaper - reprint

"Squabble Continued By Segregationists." 9 June 1962 

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No newspaper - reprint

"More Than 50 Percent: Citizens' Council Monies Sharply Cut By Commission," by The Associated Press. 19 October 1962 

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No newspaper - reprint

"Sovereignty Fund Given Land O.K.," by United Press International. 10 May 

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No newspaper - reprint

"Under The Capitol Dome: Johnson Appointment Climaxes Fend With Council Leadership," by James Saggers, Greenwood Commonwealth. 23 March 1963 

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Reprint

Pamphlet - "Federal 'Anti-Poverty' Programs: Present and Pending," Southern Regional Council 

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12 printed pages

"Reports"  

Scope and Contents note

James Silver's "Reports From Britain" are articles that Silver wrote on a variety of sociopolitical topics while teaching at the University of Aberdeen. Many of the articles examine the differences between American and European society. Unless otherwise indicated, articles were written from Aberdeen, Scotland.

Box 1 

Folder 4 

"Report From Britain." 15 May 1965 

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Final copy

"Report From Britain." 3 May 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 9 April 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain."  10 April 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 30 March 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 18 March 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 12 March 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 4 March 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 25 February 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 18 February 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 6 February 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 30 January 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 16 January 1950 

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Written from Canzo-Asso, Italy. Final copy.

"Report From Britain." 11 January 1950 

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Written from Milan, Italy. Final copy.

"Report From Britain." 30 December 1949 

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Written from Canzo, Italy. Final copy.

"Report From Britain." 19 December 1949 

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Final copy

"Report From Britain." 12 December 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 5 December 1940 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 21 November 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Written from Glasgow, Scotland. Final copy.

"Report From Scotland." 14 November 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 5 November 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 31 October 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 24 October 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 15 October 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 10 October 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 10 October 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Final copy

"Report From Britain." 1 October 1949 

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Final copy

"Report From Britain." 25 September 1949 

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Written from London, England. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain." 14 September 1949 

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Written from the S.S. Washington, Off Colh, Ireland. Final copy.

"Report From Britain." 27 August 1949 

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Written from University, Mississippi. Final copy.

"Report From Britain."  25 September 1949 

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Written from London, England. Final copy.

"Report From Britain." 14 September 1949 

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S.S. Washington, Off Colh, Ireland. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain." 15 May 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 12 March 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain."  25 February 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 16 January 1950 

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Written from Canzo-Asso, Italy. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain." 11 January 1950 

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Written from Milan, Italy. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain." 30 December 1949 

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Written from Canzo, Italy. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain."  19 December 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 12 December 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 5 December 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 28 November 1949 

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Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 21 November 1949 

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Written from Glasgow, Scotland. Rough copy.

"Report From Britain." 14 November 1949 

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Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 31 October 1949 

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Rough copy

"Report From Britain."  24 October 1949 

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Rough copy

"Report From Britain." 15 October 1949 

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Rough copy

"Report From Britain."  1 October 1949 

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Rough copy

Miscellaneous 

Box 2 

Folder 1 

Notecards pertaining to the Lumber Industry. 

Folder 2 

Notecards pertaining to the Lumber Industry. 

Folder 3 

Notecards pertaining to the Lumber Industry. 

Box 3 

Folder 1 

Notecards on various subjects. 

Folder 2 

Photocopies of articles pertaining to Will Percy and LeRoy Percy. 

Scope and Contents note

Typescript essays on William A. Percy.

Folder 3 

Pamphlets - Dancy Rabbit Creek Treaty, Alabama State Department of Archives Historical Series #10, 1928. 

Scope and Content

The Origin of The Prelude, and the Composition of Book I and II by David Bishop.

Folder 4 

Newsclipping - University Housing Application. 

Box 4 

Folder 1 

Notecards on Sardis and the Lumber Industry. 

Folder 2 

Notecards on Sardis and the Lumber Industry. 

Folder 3 

Notecards on Sardis and the Lumber Industry. 

Box 5 

Folder 1 

Various information on the Mississippi Lumber Industry. 

Scope and Contents note

Unprocessed

Old Journal of Southern History. 

Scope and Contents note

Unprocessed

Various journals, papers, pamphlets on Blacks in the south, racism, civil rights, related topics. 

Scope and Contents note

Unprocessed

Correspondence - Hodding Carter (2) and Aaron Henry (1). 

Scope and Contents note

Unprocessed

Freedom Democratic Party information booklet. 

Scope and Contents note

History of organization, other information; Unprocessed.

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Series 2 

Collected Material: Race Relations 

Box 1 

Folder 1:  Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Folder 2 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Scope and Content

Amended complaint.

Folder 3 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Scope and Content

Interrogatories to defendants.

Folder 4 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Scope and Content

Correspondence between attorneys and Silver.

Folder 5 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams, Clipping:  Delta Democrat Times. 14 January 1969 

Folder 6 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Scope and Content

Opinion.

Folder 7 

Cupit v. Roberts -  Stacy v. Williams. 

Scope and Content

Order.

Box 2 

Folder 1 

Book reviews for Mississippi: The Closed Society. 

Folder 2 

Clippings/responses to Silver's speech "Mississippi: The Closed Society." 

Folder 3 

Book reviews for Running Scared. 

Folder 4 

Book reviews/clippings about Silver. 

Folder 5 

Articles/clippings about Silver (including Life,  Newsweek). 

Folder 6 

Clippings - By/About Silver. 

Folder 7 

Clippings - Civil rights, Meredith, and racism. 

Folder 8 

Clippings - Academic Freedom. 

Folder 9 

Clippings - ODK/Mortar Board and Historical Society. 

Folder 10 

Clippings - Personal interest. 

Folder 11 

Clippings - Miscellaneous. 1963 

Folder 12 

Clippings - Miscellaneous. 1964 

Folder 13 

Clippings - Miscellaneous. 1960's 

Folder 14 

Clippings - Reactions to Silver and dismissal proceedings. 

Folder 15 

Articles/clippings on book reviews (segregation). 

Folder 16 

Articles/Clippings on book reviews and segregation. 

Folder 17 

Transcripts - Robert Kennedy and Ross Barnett. 15 August-1 October 1962 

Folder 18 

Articles by Russell Barrett - "Integration at Univeristy of Mississippi," "Crisis at University of Mississippi." 

Box 3 

Folder 1 

Periodicals (5) - Pro civil rights. 

Folder 2 

"The Moral Aspects of Segregation," Benjamin Mays. 

Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscripts, 7pp.

Folder 3 

Journals/articles - Pro civil rights and black history. 

Folder 4 

Reprints of responses to "Race and Reason," Putnam. 

Folder 5 

"The Nigible Papers." February/ May 1956 

Folder 6 

"Petal Papers," Editorial Reprints from The Petal Paper. 

Folder 7 

"Southern Reposure." Summer 1956 

Scope and Contents note

Two copies

Folder 8 

Journal articles (6) - History of racism in the U.S. 

Folder 9 

Letter to Editor - Clarion-Ledger by Evans Harrington. June 22, 1963 

Folder 10 

Clippings/Articles - pro civil rights materials 

Folder 11 

Ole Miss Coloring Book. 

Folder 12 

Chronological events - Albert Heffner.  2 July-3 August 1964 

Folder 13 

News Release - Voter Education Project.  31 March 1963 

Folder 14 

"Prospectus for Summer" - Freedom Schools.  31 March 1963 

Folder 15 

"Economic Status of Mississippi." 1954-1960 

Folder 16 

"Delta Discussion - No. 2," "Thoughts That Come to Mind While Listening to Black and White Militants." 

Folder 17 

Clippings and Pamphlets - Citizen's Council and Racists. 

Folder 18 

Derogatory letters to Silver. 

Scope and Contents note

Xerographs

Folder 19 

Charge to Grand Jury - Lafayette County, by Judge W. M. O'Brien. 12 November 1962 

Folder 20 

Address of Ross Barnett to Harvard Law School Forum. 4 February 1963 

Folder 21 

Notes from speech of Senator Eastland. 1 December 1955 

Folder 22 

Rebel Record. 1962-1963 

Box 4 

Folder 1 

Various pamphlets - Race relations. 

Folder 2 

Pamphlets/programs from Symposiums and Conferences. 

Folder 3 

Correspondence between Silver and Mississippi State Retirement. 

Folder 4 

Correspondence and Memos - Silver and USF History Department. 

Folder 5 

Assorted Memos, Correspondence - USF. 

Folder 6 

Assorted Memos, Correspondence - USF. 

Folder 7 

Memos and Clippings - USF. 

Folder 8 

Class Guides, Student Evaluation - USF. 

Folder 9 

Miscellaneous Clippings - Racism and Meredith. 

Folder 10 

Unidentified TMS - Civil War. 

Folder 11 

"A Personalized History," "An Organizer's Perspective to Race Relations " - John Salter, Jr., and "The Confederate Congress" - Bill Wiley. 

Scope and Content

10pp. xerography.

Box 5 

Folder 1 

Miscellaneous Clippings - Integration (Clarksdale Press Register). 

Folder 2 

Excerpts - The Closed Society, correspondence - U of MN Dean's retreat. 1964 

Folder 3 

The Closed Society - Amended preface, letters from appendix. 

Folder 4 

The Closed Society - Book reviews. 

Scope and Contents note

Xerographys

Folder 5 

Book reviews written by Silver. 

Folder 6 

Notecards - Silver's speeches. 

Folder 7 

Thesis outline, text by Wm. Jelin (Huey Long). 

Folder 8 

Harcourt, Brace Royalty Statements ( The Closed Society). 

Folder 9 

Correspondence - Previews of The Closed Society. 

Folder 10 

Correspondence - Previews of The Closed Society (address and book). 

Folder 11 

Book reviews of The Closed Society. 

Folder 12 

Pre-publication correspondence - The Closed Society. 

Folder 13 

Pre-publication correspondence w/Harcourt Brace.  1963-1964 

Folder 14 

"Mississippi: The Closed Society" - presidential address SHA. 7 November 1963 

Folder 15 

Joseph Blotner "The Source's of Faulkner's Genius" - untitled essay on Faulkner by Silver (Strickland). 

Folder 16 

Board of Trustees report and resolution - "The Christian and the Race Crisis" - John Daley (Strickland) 

Folder 17 

Miscellaneous clippings and correspondence. 1962-1964 

Folder 18 

"Mississippi Vistas", Louis Daniel Brodsky. 

General Correspondence 

Box 6 

Folder 1 

Correspondence. 1940's 

Folder 2 

Correspondence - including Billy Graham, George F. Kennon, Hodding Carter, Frank Smith, Arthur Schlesinger. 1950-1955 

Folder 3 

Correspondence. 1956 

Folder 4 

Correspondence. 1957 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger

Folder 5 

Correspondence. 1958 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger and U. S. Grant III

Folder 6 

Correspondence. 1959 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Albert Gore, Frank Smith, Will D. Campbell

Fodler 7 

Correspondence. 1960 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Will D. Campbell

Folder 8 

Correspondence. 1961 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger and William Winter

Box 7 

Folder 1 

Correspondence (A-Z). 1961 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Will D. Campbell

Folder 2 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1961 

Folder 3 

Correspondence (A-Z). 1962 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger, Frank Smith, Robert Kennedy

Folder 4 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1962 

Folder 5 

Correspondence (A-G). 1963 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Carvel Collins

Folder 6 

Correspondence (H-Q). 1963 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Malcolm X

Folder 7 

Correspondence. 1963 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger, Frank Smith

Folder 8 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1963 

Box 8 

Folder 1 

Correspondence (A-B). 1964 

Scope and Contents note

Includes John Brademas

Folder 2 

Correspondence (C-D). 1964 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Thad Cochran

Folder 3 

Correspondence (E-F).  1964 

Folder 4 

Correspondence (G-H). 1964 

Folder 5 

Correspondence (I-K). 1964 

Folder 6 

Correspondence (L-N). 1964 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Benjamin Mays, James Meredith

Folder 7 

Correspondence (O-Q). 1964 

Folder 8 

Correspondence (R-S). 1964 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger, Frank Smith, Howard K. Smith

Box 9 

Folder 1 

Correspondence (T-Z). 1964 

Folder 2 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1964 

Folder 3 

Correspondence (A-B). 1965 

Folder 4 

Correspondence (C-E). 1965 

Folder 5 

Correspondence (F-G). 1965 

Folder 6 

Correspondence (H-L). 1965 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Alfred Knopf

Folder 7 

Correspondence (M-Q). 1965 

Folder 8 

Correspondence (R-Z). 1965 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith

Folder 9 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1965 

Box 10 

Folder 1 

Correspondence (A-M). 1966 

Scope and Contents note

Includes John Brademas, Carvel Collins, Robert Kennedy, Benjamin Mays, James Meredith

Folder 2 

Correspondence (N-Z). 1966 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Arthur Schlesinger, William Winter

Folder 3 

Correspondence - Unclassifiable. 1966 

Folder 4 

Correspondence (A-L). 1967 

Scope and Contents note

Includes John Brademas, Carvel Collins, Aaron Henry

Folder 5 

Correspondence (M-P).  1967 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Benjamin Mays

Folder 6 

Correspondence (R-Z) - Unclassifiable. 1967 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith

Folder 7 

Correspondence (A-L). 1968 

Scope and Contents note

Includes John Brademas, Aaron Henry

Folder 8 

Correspondence (M-Z) - Unclassifiable. 1968 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Benjamin Mays, Frank Smith, William Winter

Folder 9 

Correspondence. 1969 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Aaron Henry

Folder 10 

Correspondence. 1970 

Scope and Contents note

Includes John Brademas, Carvel Collins

Box 11 

Folder 1 

Correspondence. 1971 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Reubin Askew, Carvel Collins

Folder 2 

Correspondence. 1972 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Carvel Collins, Frank Smith, Reubin Askew

Folder 3 

Correspondence. 1973 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Carvel Collins

Folder 4 

Correspondence. 1974 

Folder 5 

Correspondence. 1975 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Carvel Collins

Folder 6 

Correspondence. 1976 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Hodding Carter

Folder 7 

Correspondence. 1977 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Aaron Henry, William Winter

Folder 8 

Correspondence. 1978 

Folder 9 

Correspondence. 1979-1980 

Scope and Contents note

Includes William Winter (inaugural address), Frank Smith

Folder 10 

Correspondence. 1981 

Folder 11 

Correspondence. 1982 

Folder 12 

Correspondence. 1982 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith, William Winter

Folder 13 

Correspondence. 1983 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith, William Winter

Box 12 

Folder 1 

Correspondence. 1983 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith, William Winter

Folder 2 

Correspondence (cont.)  1983 

Folder 3 

Correspondence (1). 1984 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith, L. D. Brodsky

Folder 4 

Correspondence (2). 1984 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Joan Williams, Carvel Collins, L. D. Brodsky, James H. Meredith, William Winter

Folder 5 

Correspondence (3). 1984 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith

Folder 6 

Correspondence, Patricia Romero Curtain "... Post Emancipation in Lamu." 1984 

Folder 7 

Correspondence from Anne Stokes. 1982-1984 

Folder 8 

Correspondence from John Salter. 1984 

Box 13 

Folder 1 

Correspondence (1). 1985 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith

Folder 2 

Correspondence (2). 1985 

Folder 3 

Correspondence (3). 1985 

Folder 4 

Correspondence. 1986 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Frank Smith

Folder 5 

Undated correspondence. 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Hodding Carter, Carvel Collins

Box 14 

Folder 1 

Correspondence. 1935 

Folder 2 

Correspondence. 1936 

Folder 3 

Correspondence. 1937 

Folder 4 

Correspondence. 1938 

Folder 5 

Correspondence. 1939 

Folder 6 

Correspondence. 1940 

Folder 7 

Correspondence.  1941 

Folder 8 

Correspondence. 1942 

Folder 9 

Correspondence. 1943 

Folder 10 

Correspondence. 1944 

Folder 11 

Correspondence. 1945 

Folder 12 

Correspondence. 1946 

Folder 13 

Correspondence. 1947 

Folder 14 

Correspondence. 1948 

Folder 15 

Correspondence. 1949 

Folder 16 

Correspondence. 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Senator J. W. Fulbright

Folder 17 

Correspondence. 1951 

Folder 18 

Correspondence.  1952 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Eric Sevareid, Arthur Schlesinger, Adlai Stevenson

Folder 19 

Correspondence. 1953 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Eric Seraried, John Falkner

Folder 20 

Correspondence. 1954 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Justice Felix Frankfurter, Hugh White

Folder 21 

Includes Estes Kefauver and Harry Truman. 

Academic and Personal Papers 

Box 15 

Folder 1 

Faulkner clippings, (obituaries, etc.) 

Folder 2 

Faulkner clippings, Oxford, reviews, etc. 

Folder 3 

Reviews of Blotner biography, Time. 17 July 1964 

Folder 4 

Clippings - reviews; "Faulkner on Race." 

Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript, 19 pages

Folder 5 

Handwritten notes about Faulkner (Silver). 

Folder 6 

Clippings - Faulkner's life. 

Folder 7 

"Faulkner's South" - Silver; "William Faulkner"- J. B. Meriwether. 

Folder 8 

Clippings - Holiday, "The Collector as Sleuthsayer", L. D. Brodsky. April 1954 

Folder 9 

Commentaries on Sutpen, Absalom, Absalom. 

Folder 10 

Faulkner reminiscences by Silver. 

Folder 11 

Term papers on Faulkner. 

Folder 12 

Miscellaneous Faulkner clippings and notecards on Faulkner. 

Folder 13 

Thesis, "... Intruder in the Dust and Mississippi: The Closed Society..." 

Folder 14 

Faulkner maps, genealogies, and study guides. 

Box 16 

Folder 1 

"A Visit With Miss Maud" - TMs, related correspondence, by Margaret T. Silver. 

Folder 2 

"A Comparison of Richard Wright and Wm. Faulkner", Thomas Gibbs. 

Folder 3 

Faulkner-related periodicals. 

Folder 4 

"He Made the Books and He Died", Silver. 

Folder 5 

Interview with Carvel Collins. 

Folder 6 

"Faulkner and Civil Rights", TMs, Silver. 

Folder 7 

"Faulkner's South", Silver. 

Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscripts, xerography

Folder 8 

Notecards about Faulkner (Silver). 

Folder 9 

Faulkner reminiscences. 

Folder 10 

Mississippi Historical Commission Files. 1949-1952 

Folder 11 

Mississippi Historical Commission Files. 1951-1952 

Folder 12 

Mississippi Historical Society Files.  1952-1953 

Folder 13 

Mississippi Historical Society Files. 1960-1963 

Box 17 

Folder 1 

Southern Historical Commission. 1947-1948 

Folder 2 

Southern Historical Association. 1957 

Folder 3 

Southern Historical Association File. 1962 

Folder 4 

Southern Historical Association File.  1963 

Folder 5 

Southern Historical Association File. 1975 

Folder 6 

Mississippi Valley Historical Association File. 1963 

Folder 7 

American Historical Association File. 1963 

Folder 8 

Gettysburg Civil War Conference File. 1961 

Folder 9 

Gettysburg Civil War Conference File. 1961 

Scope and Contents note

Includes address "The Tragedy of Southern Leadership 1820-1860," copy and corrected copy

Folder 10 

U. S. National Student Association File. 1962 

Folder 11 

History Institute file. Summer 1967 

Folder 12 

Notre Dame Negro History Week. 1968 

Folder 13 

USF Symposium on the Contemporary South; related correspondence. 1972 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Benjamin Mays

Box 18 

Folder 1 

Speaking/lecture engagements declined; related correspondence. 

Scope and Contents note

Includes Barney Frank

Folder 2 

Speaking/lecture engagement accepted; related correspondence. 1964 

Folder 3 

Speaking/lecture engagements accepted; related correspondence (1). 1965 

Folder 4 

Speaking/lecture engagement accepted; related correspondence (2). 1965 

Folder 5 

Speaking/lecture engagements accepted; related correspondence. 1966 

Folder 6 

Speaking/lecture engagements accepted; related correspondence. 1967-1969 

Folder 7 

South Bend Human Relations Commission, Negro History Week, related correspondence, including Thurgood Marshall, John Brademas, Emma Lou Thornbrough. 

Folder 8 

Hillman Foundation Prize Award; related correspondence, address text. 1964 

Folder 9 

Class bibliographies, miscellaneous. 

Folder 10 

Clippings - after SHA address. 1964 

Box 19 

Folder 1 

SHA Asheville speech TMs. 1963 

Scope and Content

(Carbon) 41pp.; xerography of speech press release.

Folder 2 

Correspondence related to SHA address. 

Folder 3 

Correspondence related to SHA address. 1963 

Folder 4 

N. J. Civil War Centennial Commission Speech - related materials. 1963 

Folder 5 

"The Diary of a One-Horse Enterpriser" - related correspondence. 

Folder 6 

Correspondence w/ Chrysler Corp., "The Great Atlantic Fraud." 1958 

Folder 7 

U. S. Dept. of Commerce Community Relations Service related materials, correspondence. 1965 

Folder 8 

Millsaps College address. 1979 

Folder 9 

Correspondence between A. Simpson and H. Warden, re: J. H. Napier thesis. 1949-1950 

Folder 10 

The University of Tours/ICC - related materials, correspondence. 1938-1939 

Folder 11 

American Red Cross Service - related materials, correspondence. 1945 

Folder 12 

Waldo Dodge - landlord/tenant dispute - related correspondence. 1951-1952 

Folder 13 

Ronald Bruce/Rotary Club speeches - related correspondence. 1950 

Folder 14 

Invitations - including Winter inauguration. 

Folder 15 

Class notes - notecards (Notre Dame). 

Folder 16 

Notre Dame, memos, correspondence, etc. including Robert Penn Warren. 

Box 20 

Folder 1 

AAUP statements regarding Meredith incident. 

Folder 2 

University of Mississippi speaker screening - correspondence, clippings, proposal. 1955 

Folder 3 

University of Mississippi contracts. 

Folder 4 

Board of Trustees v. Silver - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1964 

Folder 5 

Univ. of Ms. History Dept. - memos, correspondence, miscellaneous. 1960-1964 

Folder 6 

Various personal records. 

Folder 7 

U. S. Civil Rights Commission - minutes. 1964 

Folder 8 

Term papers written by Silver (Vanderbilt). 

Folder 9 

Summer instruction, Harvard - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1959 

Folder 10 

Summer instruction, Missouri - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1960 

Folder 11 

Summer instruction, Virginia - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1961 

Folder 12 

Summer instruction, Emory - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1963 

Folder 13 

Summer instruction, Rutgers - related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1965 

Folder 14 

Student papers.  Summer 1965 

Folder 15 

MIT appointment - related correspondence. 1966 

Box 21 

Folder 1 

Meredith/Ole Miss, various statements, commentaries, including Margaret Silver, AAUP. 

Folder 2 

Meredith clippings. 

Folder 3 

Correspondence to Silver about Meredith. 1962 

Folder 4 

NAACP materials. 

Folder 5 

Citizen's Council materials. 

Folder 6 

Correspondence to Silver about Meredith. 1962 

Folder 7 

Commentary and clippings about Medgar Evers. 

Folder 8 

Billy Barton accusations and clippings. 1961 

Folder 9 

Hooker - White accusations, correspondence, clippings, miscellaneous. 1959 

Folder 10 

Miscellaneous clippings - Racial. 

Folder 11 

Racial/segregation commentaries. 

Folder 12 

Southern Regional Council Report, "Law Enforcement in Mississippi"; "Public Education in Mississippi." 1964 

Folder 13 

Southern Regional Council publications. 1962-1963 

Box 22 

Folder 1 

Rotary International Speech, related clippings, correspondence, including Frank Smith and Hodding Carter. 1948 

Folder 2 

"The Next Depression", speech, Moss Point, MS - clippings, correspondence, and text. 1949 

Folder 3 

Rotary speech, Jackson, Tenn., text outline, correspondence, inc. J. P. Coleman, Arthur Schlesinger, William Winter. 1956 

Folder 4 

Brookings Institute Seminar, correspondence, related material. 1951 

Folder 5 

"Confederate Morale and Church Propaganda", related correspondence - inc. Frank Smith, Will D. Campbell. 

Folder 6 

"Writing a Business History", speech, Minneapolis, Minn., various texts. 1958 

Folder 7 

Arkansas Historical Association speech, related materials. 1959 

Folder 8 

Brochures, etc. from Silver speeches. 

Folder 9 

Clippings from various Silver speeches. 

Folder 10 

Various speech notecards, outlines, texts. 

Folder 11 

Tougaloo College speech, related correspondence, miscellaneous. 1969 

Folder 12 

Earlham College speech, correspondence, notecards, clippings. 1962 

Folder 13 

Fellowship and grant information. 

Folder 14 

Confederacy grants. 

Folder 15 

Social Science Research Council Grant. 1961 

Folder 16 

Ford Foundation. 1951-1952 

Folder 17 

Miscellaneous awards. 

Box 23 

Folder 1 

New Mexico Electric News, Civil War articles by Silver, related correspondence, texts. 1961 

Folder 2 

Greenville, Mississippi file. 

Folder 3 

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, correspondence, misc. materials for various cases. 

Folder 4 

Forest History Foundation, correspondence, miscellaneous materials. 1957 

Folder 5 

Weston letters, Wisconsin 19th century, edited by Silver, related correspondence. 

Folder 6 

Tribute to David Cohn, correspondence from Lillian Cohn, miscellaneous. 

Folder 7 

David Cohn, misc. articles, clippings, correspondence. 

Folder 8 

Interview with William Murphy - Southern Oral History Program. 

Folder 9 

Methodists/racial problem, miscellaneous correspondence, clippings. 1963 

Folder 10 

Correspondence with Louis Daniel Brodsky. 

Folder 11 

Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Garon, correspondence, agreement. 

Folder 12 

Correspondence with J. P. Coleman. 

Folder 13 

Assorted conference pamphlets and brochures. 

Box 35 

Folder 1 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable, including Aaron Henry.  1963-1964 

Folder 2 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable. 1963-1964 

Folder 3 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable, including Frank Smith. 1963-1964 

Folder 4 

NA. 

Folder 5 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable. 1963-1964 

Folder 6 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable. 1963-1964 

Folder 7 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address- favorable, including Harrison Salisbury, Arthur Palmer Hudson. 1963-1964 

Folder 8 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address - favorable. 1963-1964 

Folder 9 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address - favorable. 1963-1964 

Folder 10 

Correspondence to Silver after SHA address - negative. 1963-1964 

Folder 11 

Lists of correspondence received after SHA address. 

Box 36 

Folder 1 

Old clippings about Silver, includes "Reports from Britain." 

Folder 2 

Miscellaneous older programs, etc. 

Folder 3 

Assorted clippings about Silver. 

Folder 4 

Clippings and reviews of "Mississippi: The Closed Society." 

Folder 5 

Clippings and reviews of "Mississippi: The Closed Society." 

Folder 6 

Miscellaneous reviews/releases of "Mississippi: The Closed Society", accompanying correspondence. 

Folder 7 

Clippings after SHA address. 

Folder 8 

Misc. material, correspondence after SHA address. 

Folder 9 

Miscellaneous old correspondence; re: trip to Britain, Gaines' book. 1940's-1950 

Folder 10 

Miscellaneous household finances/receipts. 

Folder 11 

Household finances. 1951-1956 

Folder 12 

Household finances. 1957-1965 

Writings and Research 

Box 24 

Folder 1 

Various articles written by Silver (early). 

Folder 2 

Various articles written by Silver. 

Folder 3 

Published articles written by Silver. 

Folder 4 

Book reviews written by Silver. 

Folder 5 

Book reviews written by Silver. 

Folder 6 

"London Economist" articles and related correspondence. 

Folder 7 

Various Silver articles and miscellaneous. 

Folder 8 

"Lincoln's Kinsman," "Lincolnlore." 1940's 

Folder 9 

Correspondence re, Edmund Pendleton Gaines. 

Box 25 

Folder 1 

Reviews of Silver's books. 

Folder 2 

Reviews of "Mississippi: The Closed Society." 

Folder 3 

Reviews of "The Yazoo" by Frank Smith. 

Folder 4 

Reviews of Three Years in Mississippi by James Meredith. 

Folder 5 

Correspondence and clippings about George Morris article. 1943 

Folder 6 

Articles about Silver, includes People magazine. 

Folder 7 

Letters to the Editor by Silver. 

Folder 8 

Miscellaneous clippings. 

Folder 9 

Macon Garment Co. v. Amalgamated, correspondence, misc. materials.  1964 

Folder 10 

Race and Reason by Carleton Putnam, miscellaneous clippings. 

Folder 11 

Southern Student Organizing Committee pamphlets. 

Folder 12 

Southern Student Organizing Committee pamphlets. 

Box 27 

Folder 1 

Miscellaneous class notes and term papers. 

Folder 2 

Journal reprints and conference programs. 

Folder 3 

Book reviews written by Silver (TM). 

Folder 4 

National Humanities Faculty - correspondence, news releases, and related materials. 

Folder 5 

"The Tragedy of Southern Leadership, 1820-60", corrected copy and supplemental paper. 1961 

Folder 6 

Unionization, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets. 

Folder 7 

"The Military Leadership of the Confederacy" by Lenoir Chambers. 

Scope and Content

Corrected xerography.

Folder 8 

"The Movement in Macomb, 1961-64" by John Dittmer. 

Scope and Content

Xerography.

Folder 9 

"Chapter 17- Ole Miss", corrected carbon, source unknown. 

Folder 10 

"What Happened to Culture in the Confederacy" by Eaton, corrected TM; commentary by Jerome W. Jones. 

Folder 11 

"Race: The History of an Idea in America" by Thomas F. Gossett. 

Scope and Content

Xerography.

Folder 12 

"Teaching American History Abroad" by Silver. 28 December 1951 

Scope and Contents note

Paper read at AHA

Folder 13 

Miscellaneous writings about Faulkner. 

Folder 14 

Personal accounts- some used as addresses. 

Box 28 

Folder 1 

Mississippi Freedom Movement- miscellaneous pamphlets, accounts of events. 1964 

Folder 2 

"Political Leadership in the Confederacy," Rembert W. Patrick. 

Scope and Contents note

TM, carbon

Folder 3 

Miscellaneous clippings. 

Folder 4 

Speech notes, notecards. 

Folder 5 

"Notes on Mississippi: July 1965"- Gordon G. Henderson; "Race Riot and Social Values"- Julien Tatum; "There Comes a Time: Dr. Silver of Ole Miss" - Patrick J. Owens. 

Scope and Contents note

TM copies

Folder 6 

Silver interview with Harry S. Truman, correspondence, clippings. 

Folder 7 

"An Evaluation of School Desegregation in Mississippi"- Kenneth L. Dean, xerography; "Quarter 2- A Journal for University Community..." 

Folder 8 

Miscellaneous pamphlets and brochures. 

Folder 9 

Miscellaneous pamphlets and brochures. 

Box 29 

Folder 1 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case Table of Contents, Introduction. 

Folder 2 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case Section One: Mississippi Riot Commentary. 

Folder 3 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (1). 

Folder 4 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (2). 

Folder 5 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (3). 

Folder 6 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (4). 

Folder 7 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (5). 

Folder 8 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case (6). 

Folder 9 

Mississippi v. U. S., Documents in the Meredith Case, Commentary: Sections 3-11, Bibliography. 

Folder 10 

Correspondence with Chelsea House re: publication of Mississippi v. U. S.. 

Folder 11 

Various commentaries/articles on Meredith and Ole Miss. 

Folder 12 

Book reviews written by Silver. 

Folder 13 

"Restrictions on Negro Voting in Mississippi History", xerography, author unknown. 

Folder 14 

"The Central Theme Revisited" by George Tindall, LSU. 

Scope and Content

Copy.

Folder 15 

Ross Barnett address to Memphis Citizens' Council. 16 March 1962 

Folder 16 

Interview with James Meredith by Billy Silver. 12 November 1962 

Scope and Contents note

Transcription and tape

Box 30 

Folder 1 

Mississippi v. U. S., Table of contents, introduction. 

Folder 2 

Mississippi v. U. S., (1). 

Folder 3 

Mississippi v. U. S., (2). 

Folder 4 

Mississippi v. U. S., (3). 

Folder 5 

Mississippi v. U. S., (4). 

Folder 6 

Mississippi v. U. S., (5). 

Folder 7 

Mississippi v. U. S., (6). 

Folder 8 

Mississippi v. U. S., bibliography. 

Folder 9 

"Change and Development in a Mississippi Delta Civil Community" by Richard D. Chesteen. 

Scope and Content

pp. 367-453.

Folder 10 

"Change and Development in a Mississippi Delta Civil Community" by Richard D. Chesteen. 

Scope and Content

pp. 454-544.

Folder 11 

"Change and Development in a Mississippi Delta Civil Community" by Richard D. Chesteen, pp. 635-710. 

Folder 12 

"Change and Development in a Mississippi Delta Civil Community" by Richard D. Chesteen. 

Scope and Content

pp. 545-634.

Folder 13 

"Change and Development in a Mississippi Delta Civil Community" by Richard D. Chesteen. 

Scope and Content

pp. 711-796.

Box 31 

Folder 1 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, edited typed manuscript. 

Folder 2 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, edited typed manuscript. 

Folder 3 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, edited typed manuscript. 

Folder 4 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, typed manuscript, xerography; Beginning-Part 3. 

Folder 5 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, typed manuscript, xerography; Part 4-6. 

Folder 6 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, typed manuscript xerography; appendix-letters. 

Folder 7 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, edited typed manuscript, preface to revised edition. 

Folder 8 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, pre-publication publicity; correspondence w/ Harcourt, Brace; copyright registration. 

Folder 9 

Miscellaneous personal notes; Rubel Phillips speech, October 3, 1967; Civil Rights Bill commentary, Allen C. Thompson. February 20, 1964 

Box 32 

Folder 1 

Running Scared, first draft, typed manuscript. 

Folder 2 

Running Scared, first draft, typed manuscript, continued. 

Folder 3 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, spine-stamping copy. 

Folder 4 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, spine-stamping copy, continued. 

Folder 5 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, spine-stamping copy, continued. 

Folder 6 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, main text. 

Folder 7 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, main text, continued. 

Folder 8 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, main text, continued. 

Box 33 

Folder 1 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, xerography, excerpts (1). 

Folder 2 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, xerography, excerpts (2). 

Folder 3 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, xerography, excerpts (3). 

Folder 4 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, miscellaneous xerography. 

Folder 5 

Running Scared, typed manuscript, miscellaneous xerography. 

Folder 6 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts. 

Folder 7 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts and autographed manuscripts. 

Folder 8 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts. 

Folder 9 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts. 

Scope and Content

Xerography.

Box 34 

Folder 1 

Running Scared, beginning to Chapter 4, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 2 

Running Scared, beginning to Chapter 4, corrected typed manuscript, continued. 

Folder 3 

Running Scared, Chapter 1, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 4 

Running Scared, Chapter 2, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 5 

Running Scared, Chapter 3, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 6 

Running Scared, Chapter 4 excerpts, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 7 

Running Scared, Chapter 5 excerpts, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 8 

Running Scared, Chapter 5, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 9 

Running Scared, Chapter 6, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 10 

Running Scared, Chapter 6, corrected typed manuscript (continued). 

Folder 11 

Running Scared, Appendix A, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 12 

Running Scared, afterword, corrected typed manuscript. 

Folder 13 

Running Scared, Appendix E, Appendix H, corrected typed manuscripts. 

Box 37 

Folder 1 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts. 

Folder 2 

Running Scared, miscellaneous typed manuscripts and autograph manuscripts, some rejected in final book. 

Folder 3 

Reviews of Running Scared. 

Folder 4 

Various information about Silver-includes chronology, list of speeches, list of publications. 

Folder 5 

Portions of Paul B. Johnson interview with LBJ Library. 1970 

Folder 6 

Firing Line transcript-subject: "Is the South Changing?" 11 November 1982 

Folder 7 

Miscellaneous items, questionable placement in collection. 

Folder 8 

Mississippi v. U. S. 

Folder 9 

Mississippi v. U. S. 

Folder 10 

Mississippi v. U. S. 

Folder 11 

Mississippi v. U. S. 

Assorted Printed, Visual, and Audio Material 

Box 38 

Miscellaneous journals. 

Box 39 

Miscellaneous photographs. 

Box 40 

Miscellaneous pamphlets, journals, wartime diary, inscribed copy of "Three Views of the Segregation Decisions." 

Box 41 

Note cards originally indicated as "The Closed Society." 

Box 42 

Miscellaneous posters from Silver speeches/addresses; encapsulated material includes: TMs Aaron Henry (3 pp.); correspondence from Aaron Henry, Frank Smith, Alfred A. Knopf, Arthur Schlesinger, Brooks Hays, Carolyn Goodman, James Jones. 

Box 43 

Oversize newspapers; "The Spotlight", vol. 2, part 1. 1976 

Box 44 

Miscellaneous journals and pamphlets. 

Box 45 

Class role books. 

Box 46 

Programs from historical association meetings. 

Box 47 

Journal reprints - 4 battle maps, Civil War. June 1862 

Box 48 

Miscellaneous journals and journal reprints. 

Box 50 

Folder 1 

Unfoldered: Mississippi: The Closed Society, inscribed paperback edition. 1966 

Folder 2 

A Life for the Confederacy, advance proof copy. 

Folder 3 

Thesis: "Richard Wright: Negro Identity in Society", Paul Frederick Gustvson, Jr. 

Folder 4 

Student term papers. 

Conditions Governing Access note

Restricted

Folder 5 

Student term papers. 

Conditions Governing Access note

Restricted

Audio recordings 

Box 49 

Silver and Karenga, Morris Civic, reel to reel tape. Undated 

Faculty Forum, Goshen, Indiana: Silver, Atlee Beech, Roy Umble, reel to reel tape. 25 February 1965 

Silver address, University of Alabama, reel to reel tape. 8 April 1970 

"State Rights and Self Interest": Silver speech, reel to reel tape. Undated 

Mississippi: The Closed Society, records for the blind, Library of Congress. 

Scope and Contents note

Set of 7 records

Southern Historical Association Presidential Address: Silver, Asheville, North Carolina, reel to reel tape. 7 November 1963 

Silver and Davis interview, reel to reel tape. 21 April 1971 

Louis Lomax speech, reel to reel tape. Undated 

Interview for Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark., reel to reel tape. 24 September 1966 

Silver talk to Emory; reel to reel tape. August 1963 

Silver address, University of Tennessee, reel to reel tape. 28 February 1964 

Carvel Collins lecture on Faulkner, reel to reel tape. 15 October 1966 

Silver speech: Hotel King Cotton, two reel to reel tapes. 7 May 1967 

James Meredith, reel to reel tape. 13 November [?] 

Carl Sandburg, reel to reel tape. 20 April 1959 

Ford Hall Forum, two reel to reel tapes. Undated 

Ross Barnett speech at Harvard, reel to reel tape.  February 1963 

Walk Off Story, David Cohn, reel to reel tape. Undated 

ABC Flare Reports, reel to reel tape. 20 or 27 June 1964 

Walk Off Folks, David Cohn, reel to reel tape. Undated 

Silver Speech, Mississippi State University, reel to reel tape. 4 May 1967 

Backgrounds and Northeast Scene, Interview for WGBH, Boston with Geoffrey Godsell, Christian Science Monitor, reel to reel tape. 19 November 1963 

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